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Pittville, Cheltenham — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Pittville is a residential suburb of Cheltenham founded by Joseph Pitt, built around Pittville Park and its Pump Room.
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Where to stay in Pittville
The practical side of choosing where to sleep.
Pittville Park and the Pump Room set the choice here, and a bed on the park side puts the long gardens, the two lakes and the boat house within a few minutes' walk. Beyond the park, Pittville is housing. Cotswold Grange, Cheltenham stands on the same side of the suburb, and the British Steeplechasing Hall of Fame, Holst Victorian House and the Cheltenham Battlefield Crosses Museum give the district three visits that need no travel beyond Cheltenham.
Pittville rewards you if the park is the reason for the trip, with Cheltenham Minster, St Mary's a walk further in.
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Pittville Park
Pittville Park holds the long gardens, the boat house and the Pump Room, and a room on its edge leaves Holst Victorian House and Lake House within a walk.Find hotels in Pittville Parktown rooms near Trinity Cheltenham and St Paul's ChurchCheltenham
Cheltenham carries the town's rooms, and Cheltenham Minster, St Mary's, Trinity Cheltenham and St Paul's Church stand between the centre and Pittville Park.Find hotels in CheltenhamHotel links are affiliate links: booking through them may earn us a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never affects how places are ranked. How this works
Things to do in and around Cheltenham
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Museums & Galleries
3- British Steeplechasing Hall of Fame
- Cheltenham Battlefield Crosses Museum
- Holst Victorian House
Churches & Religious Sites
4- Cheltenham Minster, St Mary's Heritage
- All Saints' Church, Cheltenham Heritage
- Trinity Cheltenham Heritage
- St Paul's Church Heritage
Landmarks & Notable Places
8- Camden House Heritage
- Cleeve View House Heritage
- Cressy House Heritage
- Dunalley House Heritage
- Formosa House Heritage
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- Holloway House Heritage
- House On The River Heritage
- Joseph Pitt House Heritage
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About Pittville
What are the main landmarks in Pittville?
Pittville Park carries the district, with long gardens, two lakes, a boat house, tennis courts and a 9-hole pitch and putt golf course, and the Pump Room standing among Cheltenham's grandest buildings. Churches follow. Cheltenham Minster, St Mary's, All Saints' Church, Cheltenham, Trinity Cheltenham and St Paul's Church are entered here, alongside the British Steeplechasing Hall of Fame, Holst Victorian House and the Cheltenham Battlefield Crosses Museum.
House names fill the rest: Lake House, Tower House, Camden House, Formosa House, Sligo House, Dunalley House and Joseph Pitt House among them.
What is the history of Pittville?
Joseph Pitt founded Pittville in the early nineteenth century, and his name survives on Joseph Pitt House as well as on the suburb itself. The Pump Room is the showpiece. It stands in Pittville Park among long gardens, two lakes and a boat house, and counts as one of Cheltenham's grandest and most celebrated buildings.
Other entries surround it: Cheltenham Minster, St Mary's and All Saints' Church, Cheltenham on the church side, with Tatchley House, Cressy House and The Burgage House among the domestic ones.
Where is Pittville?
Pittville sits inside Cheltenham, in Gloucestershire, England, with Pittville Park and its two lakes filling much of the suburb's ground.
Common questions
What is the best area to stay in Pittville?
Pittville Park: mornings between the two lakes and the Pump Room. Cheltenham: town rooms near Trinity Cheltenham and St Paul's Church.
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Updated October 2026